It's day two of Healthcare.gov's Market Place being open. I hope most of you have been successful. The web site is up. It is slow. The activity is far more than what was expected. At least the media is discussing healthcare.gov and how to navigate the web site. Unfortunately, they are more focused on how slow it is and not the web traffic through put which is far greater than what Medicare.gov handles. They aren't telling us that lots and lots of people are signing up. About 30 million uninsured are expected to be able to get insurance under the ACA and about 10 million people were able to log into the exchanges yesterday. That is major internet traffic and it's exceeding anticipated traffic. A great problem to have, but a little annoying if you are trying to get into the exchange.
I cannot serve as a Market Place Navigator or a support rep for the web site, but I have made through the process and can review the health plans available to me. I understand the ACA law (mostly because I have the credentials needed to teach Health Care Compliance on a college level). I wrote about that last Sunday. I was asked to repost that diary, but I decided to do something new. You can read last Sunday's post if you'd like. There's lots of good information in the comment thread.
As requested, I'm back and ready to answer any questions you might have about the ACA.
Basic information is below the flourish.